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Watermelon sundress pattern and tutorial- 30 days of sundresses

06/05/2015

Watermelon sundress pattern and tutorial- 30 days of sundresses

Today I’m excited to be participating in the Thirty Days Of Sundresses series hosted by my friend Melissa from Melly Sews! This is the third year that I’ve participated, and today I’m sharing a super easy to sew  little sundress dyed to look like a watermelon. This will be my last post for a bit, […]

Filed Under: Country Life, Girls Sewing, My designs

DIY Pipe Shelf & Reclaimed Wood Plank Walls

05/24/2015

DIY Pipe Shelf & Reclaimed Wood Plank Walls

Hi all! This year we’ve been fixing up the old farmhouse, one project at a time. Today I wanted to share our DIY pipe shelf made from pipe from the hardware store and some reclaimed wood. We also covered the walls of the garage with the rest of the reclaimed wood.We found this wood on […]

Filed Under: Country Life, Farmhouse DIY, Uncategorized

Desert road trip part two. San Felipe, Baja, Mexico

04/14/2015

Desert road trip part two. San Felipe, Baja, Mexico

After leaving the Salton Sea, crossing the border at Mexicali, and two hours of crossing the empty Baja desert , we approached San Felipe. I hadn’t made any reservations, but we did bring a tent in case we found a spot to camp on the beach. We saw a sign for a campground on the road […]

Filed Under: Country Life, Travel

A Farmhouse Funky Back Porch Party

04/04/2015

A Farmhouse Funky Back Porch Party

We finished building the deck and I decided to throw a little party for my husband’s birthday. So basically, I just put a bunch of our old furniture outside on the porch, and cleaned up some pieces that were lying around the yard. I’m happy with how it turned out and I didn’t spend any […]

Filed Under: Country Life, Farmhouse DIY

New chickens & prepping for goats!

03/26/2015

New chickens & prepping for goats!

Spring has sprung around here. Actually, it’s 93 degrees outside today, so it feels more like summer. We’ve been fixing up the place, making the chicken area bigger to welcome our new chickens as well as…..GOATS! Yes, we’ll be getting some goats next week! So my husband put in a new fence to contain them […]

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Fall doings at The Country Chick Ranch Preserving and sprucing things up

09/24/2014

Fall doings at The Country Chick Ranch Preserving and sprucing things up

  Fall is in the air! Even if it isn’t registering on the thermometer yet. But the garden has been providing a bounty of fall produce, and I’ve been scrambling to keep up. Here’s what we’ve been up to this past week at the place.We had a bumper crop of Napa cabbage so I’ve been […]

Filed Under: Country Life

Girls Ruffled Apron Tutorial

07/29/2014

Girls Ruffled Apron Tutorial

I’m a procrastinator when it comes to sewing practical things like lunch sacks, aprons, slipcovers, and pillowcases. My house could use some spiffing up and last week I bought some really great natural linen to make new slipcovers with. We’ll see how long it takes for me to get to it! Gigi really wanted a […]

Filed Under: Country Life, Girls Sewing, My designs, Sewing Tutorial

Back Porch Dress: Kids Clothes Week

07/23/2014

Back Porch Dress: Kids Clothes Week

  I haven’t been sewing for my girls lately and this week is Kids Clothes Week around blogland so I decided to finish a project that had been sitting in my unfinished pile before my little one grows out of it. It’s a dress I designed inspired by the dresses I love worn by little […]

Filed Under: Country Life, Girls Sewing, Retro sewing

Wearing Handmade: Paso Robles Wine Tasting Trip

07/14/2014

Wearing Handmade: Paso Robles Wine Tasting Trip

Last week was my wedding anniversary. Twenty one years! I decided to wear a dress I made a couple of years ago. I thought it would look good with the wine up there, being purple… We decided to go up to Paso Robles for a night to celebrate. If you love wine and wine tasting, […]

Filed Under: Country Life, Sewing for myself, Travel

Jasmine Braids & A Spring Birthday

03/31/2014

Jasmine Braids & A Spring Birthday

  Spring is such a lovely time here on the farm. The flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and we enjoy the intoxicating scent of the Jasmine blooming on the back porch. The girls decided to decorate their braids on honor of Dad’s birthday. And a family party where everyone helped cook was the […]

Filed Under: Country Life

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I'm Justine! Welcome to my sewing blog! Here you'll find lots of handmade clothing for myself and other lucky folks! I'm a native Los Angeleno who moved to a small farm outside of LA with my family.

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